O2fitness provides systematic. science-based training for recreational enthusiasts to elite athletes alike, whose interests range from trail running and cycling to Xterra tri-athlon and cross-country ski racing. Individualized training packages are offered for every interest and ability level, to optimize limited training time and produce break out results. Plans are tailored to each individual and based on current fitness and future goals while balancing with life’s demands. O2fitness priotizes an communicative client -coach relationship as a key ingredient to its successful training.

Athlete’s Blog

Sian Turner started training with Julie Young at o2fitness in November of 2013. She had been an active XTERRA triathlete, but with inconsistent results. In 2014, she wanted to target more cycling events and wanted cycling-specific training to get her performances and results where she wanted them to be. What Sian found with Julie and […]

Jennifer Douglas, o2fitness-athlete-extraordinaire, and Roseville Cyclery Team member shares her play-by-play at the Cool Mountain Bike Race.. Race Recap Cool – signed up for Expert for the first time and was anxious about that but fully embraced the challenge. One of the competitors was Mi Ling who has won the race the last 3-4 years […]

O2fitness partners with NorCal Ultras, Northern California’s Premier Ultra Endurance Events to provide coaching and training plans for registered event participants. We kick off the first round of training mid-December focused on preparing racers for Way to Cool 50K and the AR 50 Miler. See below for complete details… Training Programs Start December 16, with daily training plan; […]

Julie’s Blog

This series is based on the Science of Running Symposium I recently attended in San Francisco. To read part I, click here. Every running magazine contains at least one article on running injuries and prevention. And a website search on these topics will result in a life-time of reading. Frustrated by the apparent void of […]

The injured runner and running injuries – what a conundrum! A while back I had become increasingly frustrated by what seemed, a lack of science-based treatment plans for the injured runner. There also seemed a void on how to systematically return runners to sport, and prevent injuries. Running magazines, blogs and books seemed to […]

Below is a collaborative piece based on an ongoing project between Silver Sage Sports and Fitness Lab and the developers of TrainerRoad software. We wanted to see how deriving threshold via lactate and power compared, contrasted and ultimately how the numbers stacked up. Recently, Chad and Reid from TrainerRoad performed lactate tests at Silver Sage […]